Proposal code

w094

Proposal title

The ballistic jets and emission mechanism of 3C279

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. H. Hirabayashi ISAS, Japan
A. Wehrle IPAC, USA
S. Unwin JPL, USA
F. Makino, T. Kii X-ray Group, ISAS, Japan
H. Kobayashi, P. Edwards, R. Okayasu VSOP Group, ISAS, Japan
E. Valtaoja Helsinki U. of Tech., Finland

Proposal Abstract

We propose to make four-epoch observations of the OVV quasar 3C279 at 5 GHz to monitor the core brightness temperature and study the motions of components that have recently emerged from the core. We also propose a single 1.6 GHz observation as a second epoch to our AO1 observation at this frequency. There is six months of good u-v coverage during the AO2 period, and our four observations spaced in 6 months during this time will enable the time variation of the most compact components of the source to be examined. Jet collimation, jet flow, jet precession, and the question of the counter-jet existence are among the key questions we will be answering with these observations. Combined observations from radio through to X-ray energies will be organized to have the time and spectral information necessary to test the SSC model.

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